William Hazlitt: 46 books

Non più di tre, per John Keats, erano “le cose di cui godere”: una di queste era “la profondità del gusto” di William Hazlitt. Diretto, paradossale, provocatorio: così appare Hazlitt nel suo saggio sull’ignoranza delle persone colte, un gioiellino nell’arte dell’essay, del componimento...

According to Wikipedia: "William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was a prominent English literary critic, grammarian and philosopher. He is considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in English,[1][2]...

This carefully edited collection of "THE COMPLETE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF S. T. COLERIDGE (Illustrated Edition)” has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary...

Hazlitt is one of the greatest masters of English prose style and this new selection demonstrates the variety and richness of his writing. The volume includes classic pieces of drama and literature criticism, such as his essays on Shakespeare and Coleridge, as well as less well-known material from...

It is observed by Mr. Pope, that 'If ever any author deserved the name of an ORIGINAL, it was Shakespeare. Homer himself drew not his art so immediately from the fountains of nature; it proceeded through AEgyptian strainers and channels, and came to him not without some tincture of the learning, or...

William Hazlitt's tough, combative writings on subjects ranging from slavery to the imagination, boxing matches to the monarchy, established him as one of the greatest radicals of his age and have inspired journalists and political satirists ever since.

William Hazlitt was an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. 

Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...

William Hazlitt was an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. 

Translated literally as “book of love,” Liber Amoris is William Hazlitt’s fictional account of his affair with the daughter of an innkeeper. In it, he also explores the darker elements of his personality. An important example of Romantic short fiction, this autobiographical novel was reviled upon publication due to its unsavory subject matter.

Es gibt eine Wiederentdeckung zu machen: William Hazlitt (1778–1830), Journalist und Schriftsteller, Zeitgenosse der englischen Romantiker, eng befreundet mit den berühmten Dichtern Coleridge und Wordsworth. Seine Texte gehören zum Frechsten, Amüsantesten und Zeitlosesten (!), was in der Form...

Hazlitt's essays delight with unexpected felicities of thought and expression.  Published in 1821-22, this collection shows him at the height of his powers.  In such essays as "The Indian Juggler" and "On Good Nature," a personal detail or anectdote serves as the basis for ruminations on life as profound as they are charming.

Firenze nelle descrizioni degli intellettuali che più l'hanno amata / Florence described by the writers most fond of her. Nelle parole di / In the words of Andersen, Cooper, Dickens, Dumas, Eustace, Freud, Goncourt, Hazlitt, James, Le Corbusier, Mommsen, Morgan, Ruskin, Shelley, Stendhal, Trollope e Twain.

Nella Roma shakespeariana la Storia incontra il teatro e i suoi artifici con esiti sorprendenti. Le letture dei drammi romani – qui proposte per la prima volta in traduzione italiana – offrono ad Hazlitt l’occasione per riconoscere al talento di Shakespeare doti insuperate: «Era come se il...